Simultaneously movable table and chair



G. OLSSON SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVABLE TABLE AND CHAIR Filed Aug. 20, 1954 June 5, 1956 H //v Vf/VTO/Q: .GOST/l OZSSO/V Arr Ir United States Patent SHVIULTANEOUSLY MOVABLE TABLE AND CHAIR Giista Olsson, Kristinehamn, Sweden Application August 20, 1954, Serial No. 451,155

Claims priority, application Sweden August 31, 1953 1 Claim. (Cl. 155-124) The present invention relates to an arrangement in tables and particularly in tables used in the dining room of a factory or the like, where there are a plurality of tables and chairs in a room. When cleaning the floors of such rooms, it is toilsome first to move away the chairs and the tables in order to be able to clean the floor and thereafter move the chairs and tables back to their place again. This disadvantage is eliminated by this invention which is characterized thereby that holes opening up wards are provided in the lower portion of the table, so that at least two of the legs of a chair, preferably the front legs, can be inserted into the holes, the other legs being on the floor. According to the invention one or more ribs or the like can be provided between the legs of the table in which the holes are made, so that the front legs of the chairs can be inserted into the holes. Longitudinal grooves may be provided in the ribs.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing. Fig. 1 shows the table with chairs seen from the short side and Fig. 2 from the long side. Referring now to the drawing 2 designates a rectangular table leaf having legs 3 at each corner. For example at the short side two by two legs are connected at the lower part with a transverse bar 4, the central portions of said bars being connected with a longitudinal rib 5. In the rib there are provided somewhat enlarged holes 6, the diameter or cross section of which is somewhat larger than the diameter or cross section of the front legs 7 of the chair, so that the legs can be inserted into the holes and retained therein, when the table is moved aside for the purpose of cleaning the floor. In

order to make it easier to move the table with the chairs the table and the legs which are not inserted into the holes may be provided with casters 8 and 9 respectively.

The invention is not limited to the embodiment shown but can be varied within the scope of the inventive idea. Instead of holes one or more longitudinal grooves may be provided at the upper portion of the rib, and instead of one central rib there may be two longitudinal ribs projecting either from two transverse bars or from the legs of the table. The device can be used in round tables and the holes may be through holes. The table according to the invention may also be used in a home, when the table is laid near to the place Where the food is cooked or the crockery is kept and then be conveyed to the place where the meal is to be taken. It is also possible to apply fittings to the lower portion of the table and/or the chair legs, which fittings retain the chair legs to the lower portion of the table.

Having now described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In combination a legged table having a caster on each leg thereof and a legged chair having front and rear legs, said chair being adapted to be shoved at least partly beneath the table and to be mechanically connected thereto so as to be displaced simultaneously with movement of the table, the improvement which comprises a longitudinal rib extending along the lower portion of the table near the floor, said rib having therein recesses slightly larger than the front legs of the chair and extending in such angular directions that said front legs are easily insertable therein, so as mechanically to connect the table and the chair upon insertion of said legs into said recesses, the rear legs of the chair having casters thereon and remaining supported by the floor, whereby the Weight lifted in connecting the chair to the table is small compared with the total weight of the chair.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS D. 141,857 Eisen July 10, 1954 674,788 Millikan May 21, 1901 849,069 Hicks Apr. 2, 1907 1,033,111 Mannheimer July 23, 1912 1,183,502 Stockham May 16, 1916 2,611,672 OhlssOn Sept. 23, 1952 

